On: Shadows & Darkness

What better place

To keep a

Secret

from

Those

Within

The Light?

I've been through

the shadows

in the

Valley of Darkness

So

I know,

You've been there also.

We live in a world

Wherein

Several of which

Reside,

-this realm

to shelter

the Treasures of

Those

Still,

Hoping,

in their

Transition.

And

While I was there

To uproot the

Despair

I'd stored,

For my

Too stern

Pride's

Veil in Recovery,

I saw yours there

Also,

Your Mane,

-shaved,

Leo,

Attached

to a

Sliver-cracked

Ego,

Hidden

Amongst both

The

Gems of a gypsy

Glowing

in the dark,

Winking

Smiles

At my

Treks,

In

&

Out,

The

Crumbling treasures

Of

the tragic,

Troubled

Someones,

Nearly

Forgotten

in their

Trying Tribulations.

Shadows

a desperate

Shelter

from

the

Thoughtless

Impunities

Sometimes

Rampant

In

The Light.

The Darkness is

Dark

In that,

It enabled,

Evades

what

Light does

Simply

by

Nature.

And

I saw,

You saw this

Too.

--

Once upon a time,

Without the

Spots of

Darkness,

That we

All

Have

Stolen away

To,

To let out

Free

Your soul,

To just

Be,

On our way

To seeing

What's

Needed.

Without the

Soft Cloak

of the

Shadows,

My blood,

We,

The Imperfect

Become

We,

The Vulnerable.

--

I saw a soldier's

Heart's longing,

Becoming

Worn

by a

Chafing

Of a

Strong, strong

Courage

A young girl's

Freedom

Too tightly

Gripping

Like thorns

Sweet Yearnings

for

A Love,

Truly

Everlasting.

--

Not all wielders

Of Light

Are servants of Light.

Some use Light

For

Their own

Devices.

So

by Cause,

Weak or strong,

Pain fresh

Or long,

We all

Have been acquainted

With

The Darkness.

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